CORENDLING OR CORRENDULLING HOMESTEAD AND GRAVESTONE

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1979

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Overview

B&W photo, of the Chitty family owned Corendling (or Correndulling) home, showing a memorial stone in the foreground.
The house has an iron roof and chimney.

Historical information

In 1861 Henry Thomas Chitty (1848-1896) acquired Corendling Crown Grant 325 [or CG 315?] about 3 miles east of Mortingup and about 14 miles from Toodyay. It was bought for him on December 14 while he was still a minor. He had a good butt and shingle house built about 1880 and ran a mixed farm. There were no fences so Henry's family had to shepherd or mind his stock. Henry occasionally complained of heart trouble and on November 14, 1896, he went out after supper to feed his horse and did not return. He was found dead the next morning at a spot now marked by a stone.( ref: 'Toodyay, the good old days', Wally Chitty 2004, p.204)

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1551

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

85 mm

Height or length

85 mm

Inscriptions and markings

On back of photo in blue ink:- 'Correndulling home showing stone where Henry Chitty died 16 November 1896 aged 49 [sic]. Photo taken 1979 - W.G.L.'

Contextual Information

On page 57 of Wally Chitty's book, 'Toodyay, the good old days' he refers to the property 'Corendling, or Corendulling' as being about three miles north of the Ten Mile Hill State School (established in 1912) adjacent to Red Hill Road, just up the hill from Lovers Lane. On page 13, Wally refers to Corendling Crown Grant (CG) 315' as being 'a mile south of the Jumperding gold mine'.

Keywords

CHITTY, Henry

CORRENDULLING Homestead

CHITTY, Charles

Graves

Year

1979

Shire of Toodyay

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